desirable adj.
释义：worth having and wanted by most people
“desirable”是“desire”的形容词形式，意思是“值得拥有的” “理想的”，是一个口语和写作中都能用到的高频词汇。我们想表示“一份好工作”“一个好结果”时，除了可以用最常见的 good 外，还可以用 desirable，比如“a desirable job/outcome”。
例① 每年要过年的时候，许多东北人都会去海南省避冬。
Hainan is a desirable place for many northeasterners to visit during the winter months.
例② 美国畅销书作者马尔科姆•格拉德威尔在 David and Goliath 中提到过一个概念，叫“desirable difficulty”，有些困难和障碍其实是可以帮助我们成长的，正如孟子所说：“天将降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，饿其体肤……”我们可以总结书中的话来解释这个概念，比如：
The idea of “desirable difficulty” suggests that not all difficulties are negative. Some difficulties turn out to be desirable.
例③ 《经济学人》在 2018 圣诞特刊中就有这样一段话用到了 desirable：
The mainstream view is that desirable men are gao-fu-shuai—tall, rich and handsome. And the ideal woman is bai-fu-mei—pale-skinned, rich and beautiful.
desirbale 和 ideal 在这里意思相近，都可以理解为“理想的”，可以放在一起记忆。
1. 使用《牛津英语搭配词典》查 “desirable”，了解它作为形容词时的常用搭配。
consider sth, deem sth, feel sth, regard/see/ view sth as, think sth
This kind of work is seen as desirable.
eminently, extremely, wholly, highly Experience of computers is highly desirable.
inherently desirable 本质上令人满意
2. 翻译：这个解决方案理论上来说非常可取，不过实际操作起来困难重重。
This solution is highly desirable in theory but problematic in practice.
（参考翻译：The solution is highly desirable in theory but problematic in reality.）
3. 造句练习
场景: 很多人认为理想的生活就是有钱有闲的生活。
造句: Many hold the opinion that a desirable life is with financial independence and freedom of spending time.
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